2019–20 FC Ararat-Armenia season

The 2019–20 season was a FC Ararat-Armenia's 2nd season in Armenian Premier League, of which they were defending champions. Ararat-Armenia finished the season as Armenian Premier League Champions for the second year in a row and were Runners-up to FC Noah in the Armenian Cup. In Europe, AIK knocked them out of the UEFA Champions League in the first qualifying round, resulting in Ararat-Armenia dropping into the UEFA Europa League, where they reached the playoff round before defeat to Dudelange.

Ararat-Armenia

2019–20 season
Director	Poghos Galstyan
Manager	Vardan Minasyan
Stadium	Republican Stadium FFA Academy Stadium
Premier League	1st
Armenian Cup	Runners-up
Armenian Supercup	Champions
UEFA Champions League	First Qualifying Round vs AIK
UEFA Europa League	Playoff round vs Dudelange
Top goalscorer	League: Mailson Lima (8) All: Ogana Louis (14)
Home colours Away colours
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Season events

On 18 June, Ararat-Armenia were drawn against Allsvenskan Champions AIK in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League.^[1] The following day, 19 June, Ararat-Armenia announced the signing of Ângelo Meneses.^[2] On 20 June, Sergi left Ararat-Armenia after his contract expired, whilst Aleksey Pustozyorov and Giovanny Martínez left the club after their contracts where ended by mutual consent.^[3] On 24 June, Ararat-Armenia announced their second signing of the summer, with Ilja Antonov joining from Hermannstadt,^[4] with Rochdi Achenteh signing the following day,^[5] and Furdjel Narsingh signed on 26 June.^[6] Zakaria Sanogo signed for Ararat-Armenia on 5 July,^[7] with Ararat-Armenia winning their first ever European match on 9 July, a 2–1 victory over AIK at home with Petros Avetisyan scoring both goals. On 13 July, David Davidyan left Ararat-Armenia by mutual consent, ^[8] whilst Ararat-Armenia traveled to Stockholm to face AIK at the Friends Arena on 17 July, losing 3–1 on the night and 4–3 on aggregate, dropping them into the UEFA Europa League qualifying stages. After dropping into the UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round, Ararat-Armenia were drawn against Lincoln Red Imps of the Gibraltar National League. The first leg took place at the Republican Stadium in Yerevan on 23 July, finishing 2–0 to Ararat-Armenia after goals from Anton Kobyalko and Kódjo. The return leg took place on 30 July at the Victoria Stadium in Gibraltar, with Ararat-Armenia running out 2-1 winners, 4–1 on aggregate, with both goals coming from Ogana Louis.

On 31 December, Ararat-Armenia announced the signing of Marcos Pizzelli,^[9] however on 11 January, Ararat-Armenia and Pizzelli announced that he was retiring for football due to injury.^[10] On 12 January, Petros Avetisyan moved to FC Tobol.^[11]

On 1 February, Ararat-Armenia announced the signing of Yoan Gouffran.^[12]

On 12 March 2020, the Football Federation of Armenia announced that all Armenian Premier League games had been postponed until 23 March, and that the Armenian Cup Semifinal second legs had also been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[13]

Squad

As of match played 14 July 2020

Number	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Suren Aloyan		GK	(1997-08-10)10 August 1997 (aged 22)	Youth Team	2019		0	0
33	Dmitry Abakumov		GK	(1989-07-08)8 July 1989 (aged 31)	Luch Vladivostok	2018		60	0
44	Stefan Čupić		GK	(1994-05-07)7 May 1994 (aged 26)	Voždovac	2019		17	0
Defenders
3	Ângelo Meneses		DF	(1993-07-03)3 July 1993 (aged 27)	Famalicão	2019[2]		36	2
4	Albert Khachumyan		DF	(1999-06-23)23 June 1999 (aged 21)	Youth Team	2017		41	4
15	Dmitry Guz		DF	(1988-05-15)15 May 1988 (aged 32)	Tyumen	2018		60	4
20	Rochdi Achenteh		DF	(1988-03-07)7 March 1988 (aged 32)	FC Eindhoven	2019[5]		25	0
21	Aleksandar Damčevski		DF	(1992-11-21)21 November 1992 (aged 27)	Ermis Aradippou	2018		35	1
22	Artur Danielyan		DF	(1998-02-09)9 February 1998 (aged 22)	Stal Kamianske	2019		35	2
93	Alex Christian		DF	(1993-12-05)5 December 1993 (aged 26)	Gandzasar Kapan	2019		39	0
Midfielders
7	Armen Nahapetyan		MF	(1999-07-24)24 July 1999 (aged 20)	Pyunik	2017		55	12
8	Gor Malakyan		MF	(1994-06-12)12 June 1994 (aged 26)	Stal Kamianske	2018		50	0
9	Yoan Gouffran		MF	(1986-05-25)25 May 1986 (aged 34)		2020[12]		15	1
10	Armen Ambartsumyan		MF	(1994-04-11)11 April 1994 (aged 26)	Fakel Voronezh	2018		56	3
11	Hovhannes Harutyunyan		MF	(1999-05-25)25 May 1999 (aged 21)	Zemplín Michalovce	2019		26	6
25	Davit Nalbandyan		MF	(1999-08-09)9 August 1999 (aged 20)	Youth Team	2017		26	0
27	Furdjel Narsingh		MF	(1988-03-13)13 March 1988 (aged 32)	De Graafschap	2019[6]		31	4
63	Kódjo		MF	(1993-05-28)28 May 1993 (aged 27)	Feirense	2019		49	3
67	Ilja Antonov		MF	(1992-12-05)5 December 1992 (aged 27)	Hermannstadt	2019[4]		29	1
79	Serhiy Vakulenko		MF	(1993-09-07)7 September 1993 (aged 26)	Karpaty Lviv	2020[14]		12	3
94	Mailson Lima		MF	(1994-05-29)29 May 1994 (aged 26)	Viitorul Constanța	2019		54	12
Forwards
17	Zakaria Sanogo		FW	(1996-12-11)11 December 1996 (aged 23)	Rahimo	2019[7]		36	3
18	Artyom Avanesyan		FW	(1999-07-17)17 July 1999 (aged 20)	Ararat Moscow	2018		21	5
19	Narek Alaverdyan		FW	(2002-02-19)19 February 2002 (aged 18)	Youth Team	2019		2	0
24	Yusuf Otubanjo		FW	(1992-09-12)12 September 1992 (aged 27)	LASK	2020[15]		16	9
32	Anton Kobyalko		FW	(1986-05-14)14 May 1986 (aged 34)	Baltika Kaliningrad	2018		66	30
99	Ogana Louis		FW	(1995-12-29)29 December 1995 (aged 24)	Žalgiris	2019		42	17
Away on loan
11	Zhirayr Shaghoyan		MF	(2001-04-10)10 April 2001 (aged 19)	Youth Team	2017		34	8
Left during the season
6	Georgi Pashov		DF	(1990-03-04)4 March 1990 (aged 30)	Etar	2018		45	2
12	Nikos Melikyan		GK	(1999-03-02)2 March 1999 (aged 21)	Youth Team	2017		25	0
77	Petros Avetisyan		MF	(1996-01-07)7 January 1996 (aged 24)	Pyunik	2019		39	14
97	David Davidyan		FW	(1997-12-14)14 December 1997 (aged 22)	Ararat Moscow	2019		3	0
	Marcos Pizzelli		FW	(1984-10-03)3 October 1984 (aged 35)	Aktobe	2019[9]		0	0
	Jean-Jacques Bougouhi		FW	(1992-06-12)12 June 1992 (aged 28)	Shirak	2019		7	3

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ARM Zhirayr Shaghoyan (at BKMA Yerevan)

Transfers

Main articles: List of Armenian football transfers summer 2019 and List of Armenian football transfers winter 2019–20

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
19 June 2019	DF		Ângelo Meneses	Famalicão	Undisclosed	[2]
24 June 2019	MF		Ilja Antonov	Hermannstadt	Undisclosed	[4]
25 June 2019	DF		Rochdi Achenteh	FC Eindhoven	Undisclosed	[5]
27 June 2019	MF		Furdjel Narsingh	De Graafschap	Undisclosed	[6]
5 July 2019	FW		Zakaria Sanogo	Rahimo	Undisclosed	[7]
31 December 2019	FW		Marcos Pizzelli	Aktobe	Free	[9]
23 January 2020	FW		Yusuf Otubanjo	LASK	Undisclosed	[15]
29 January 2020	MF		Serhiy Vakulenko	Karpaty Lviv	Undisclosed	[14]
1 February 2020	MF		Yoan Gouffran		Free	[12]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
Summer 2019	FW		Ivaylo Dimitrov	Arda Kardzhali	Undisclosed
12 January 2020	MF		Petros Avetisyan	Tobol	Undisclosed	[11]
15 January 2020	MF		Erik Azizyan	Pyunik	Undisclosed	[16]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
Summer 2019	MF		Zhirayr Shaghoyan	BKMA Yerevan	End of 2020/21 Season

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref
20 June 2019	DF		Sergi	Alavés		[3]
20 June 2019	MF		Aleksey Pustozyorov	Slutsk		[3]
20 June 2019	MF		Giovanny Martínez	Rionegro Águilas		[3]
13 July 2019	FW		David Davidyan	Ararat Yerevan	18 July 2019	[8][17]
11 January 2020	FW		Marcos Pizzelli	Retired		[10]
23 January 2020	DF		Georgi Pashov	Zhetysu	26 January 2020	[18][19]
30 June 2020	FW		Jean-Jacques Bougouhi	Al-Mina'a	5 October 2020	[20]
18 July 2020	DF		Rochdi Achenteh	Kozakken Boys	6 July 2021	[21][22]
19 July 2020	DF		Dmitry Guz	Urartu	21 July 2020	[23][24]
20 July 2020	FW		Anton Kobyalko	Pyunik	24 July 2020	[25][26]

Friendlies

Ararat-Armenia v Sputnik Rechitsa

23 June 2019	Ararat-Armenia	5 – 0	Sputnik Rechitsa	Gomel, Belarus
18:00 (UTC+4)	Davidyan Louis A.Nahapetyan Shaghoyan Damčevski	Report

Ararat-Armenia v Desna Chernihiv

29 June 2019	Ararat-Armenia	0 – 0	Desna Chernihiv	Gomel, Belarus
19:00 (UTC+4)		Report

Ararat-Armenia v Gomel

3 July 2019	Ararat-Armenia	3 – 0	Gomel	Gomel, Belarus
13:00 (UTC+4)	Guz Avetisyan Mailson	Report

Ararat-Armenia v Akritas Chlorakas

26 January 2020	Ararat-Armenia	9 – 1	Akritas Chlorakas	Paphos, Cyprus
(UTC+4)	Sanogo Ângelo A.Nahapetyan Malakyan Harutyunyan Achenteh Mailson Otubanjo	Report

Ararat-Armenia v Team Pafos

26 January 2020	Ararat-Armenia	1 – 0	Team Pafos	Paphos, Cyprus
(UTC+4)	Kódjo	Report

Ararat-Armenia v Universitatea Cluj

2 February 2020	Ararat-Armenia	3 – 1	Universitatea Cluj	Paphos, Cyprus
(UTC+4)	Kobyalko (pen.) A.Nahapetyan (o.g.)	Report

Ararat-Armenia v Ural Yekaterinburg

2 February 2020	Ararat-Armenia	1 – 1	Ural Yekaterinburg	Paphos, Cyprus
19:00 (UTC+4)	Otubanjo 26'	Report	Bicfalvi 36' (pen.)

Ararat-Armenia v Ufa

11 February 2020	Ararat-Armenia	2 – 1	Ufa	Larnaca, Cyprus
13:15 (UTC+4)	Lima 8' Otubanjo 81'	Report	Bizjak 57'

Ararat-Armenia v Ayia Napa

11 February 2020	Ararat-Armenia	7 – 2	Ayia Napa	Larnaca, Cyprus
17:00 (UTC+4)	Louis A.Avanesyan Harutyunyan Kobyalko	Report

Ararat-Armenia v Tekstilshchik Ivanovo

17 February 2020	Ararat-Armenia	0 – 0	Tekstilshchik Ivanovo	Larnaca, Cyprus
(UTC+4)		Report

Ararat-Armenia v Liepāja

20 February 2020	Ararat-Armenia	2 – 1	Liepāja	Larnaca, Cyprus
15:00 (UTC+4)	Sanogo Kobyalko	Report

Ararat-Armenia v Van

7 May 2020	Ararat-Armenia	1 – 1	Van	Yerevan
12:00 (UTC+4)	Louis			Stadium: FFA Academy Stadium Attendance: 0

Alashkert v Ararat-Armenia

14 May 2020	Alashkert	2 – 2	Ararat-Armenia	Yerevan
12:00 (UTC+4)	Thiago Galvão Marmentini	Report	Lima	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 0

Ararat-Armenia v Lokomotiv Yerevan

14 May 2020	Ararat-Armenia	4 – 1	Lokomotiv Yerevan	Yerevan
16:30 (UTC+4)	Louis N.Alaverdyan	Report		Stadium: FFA Academy Stadium Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	10 August 2019	14 July 2020	Matchday 1	Winners	28	15	7	6	45	23	+22	053.57
Armenian Cup	3 November 2019	10 July 2020	Second round	Runners-up	5	4	1	0	24	7	+17	080.00
Armenian Supercup	24 September 2019		Final	Winners	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00
UEFA Champions League	9 July 2019	17 July 2019	First qualifying round	First qualifying round	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	050.00
UEFA Europa League	23 July 2019	29 August 2019	Second qualifying round	Playoff Round	6	4	0	2	10	6	+4	066.67
Total					42	25	8	9	85	42	+43	059.52

Last updated: 14 July 2020
Source: Competitions

Armenian Supercup

Main article: Armenian Supercup

Ararat-Armenia v Alashkert

24 September 2019	Ararat-Armenia	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Alashkert	Yerevan
19:00 (UTC+4)	A.Nahapetyan 27' Sanogo  48' Danielyan 90+3' Mailson 110'	Report	Marmentini 24'  36' M.Manasyan 65' Daghbashyan  78' Voskanyan  120+1'	Stadium: Republican Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Gevorg Eghoyan

Premier League

Main article: 2019–20 Armenian Premier League

Regular season

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
18	11	3	4	33	14	+19	36	7	2	0	20	4	+16	4	1	4	13	10	+3

Last updated: 23 May 2020.
Source: See Results

Results

Ararat-Armenia v Gandzasar Kapan

10 August 2019 2	Ararat-Armenia	3 – 1	Gandzasar Kapan	Yerevan
19:30 (UTC+4)	Christian  70' Avetisyan 73' (pen.) Ângelo  79' Louis 84' Mailson 89'	Report	D.Minasyan 30' A.Adamyan  49' Ar.Hovhannisyan  58'  90+2' D.Terteryan  62' G.Ohanyan  67' Al.Hovhannisyan  76'	Stadium: FFA Academy Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan

Noah v Ararat-Armenia

18 August 2019 3	Noah	1 – 2	Ararat-Armenia	Yerevan
17:15 (UTC+4)	A.Tatayev  33' Mayrovich 83'	Report	Ambartsumyan 47' Mailson 74' Guz  82'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan
Note: Match played at the Alashkert Stadium in Yerevan, instead of Gandzasar Kapan regular Gandzasar Stadium in Kapan.

Yerevan v Ararat-Armenia

25 August 2019 4	Yerevan	1 – 2	Ararat-Armenia	Yerevan
19:00 (UTC+4)	A.Portugalyan  64' Isayev 90+3'	Report	Guz 9' Louis 29'	Stadium: FFA Academy Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Artur Safaryan

Urartu v Ararat-Armenia

13 September 2019 6	Urartu	1 – 1	Ararat-Armenia	Yerevan
19:15 (UTC+4)	Budnik 34' Mutumosi  48' Darbinyan  54'	Report	Ângelo  83' Louis 85'	Stadium: Urartu Stadium Attendance: 620 Referee: Suren Baliyan

Ararat-Armenia v Ararat Yerevan

18 September 2019 7	Ararat-Armenia	1 – 0	Ararat Yerevan	Yerevan
17:30 (UTC+4)	Mailson  25' 66'	Report	Davidyan  41' Morozov  51' Kozlov  61' Aleksanyan  82'	Stadium: FFA Academy Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

Shirak v Ararat-Armenia

21 September 2019 8	Shirak	1 – 0	Ararat-Armenia	Gyumri
16:00 (UTC+4)	M.Kone 29' M.Bakayoko  44' Udo  90+1'	Report	Pashov  85'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Suren Baliyan

Ararat-Armenia v Pyunik

30 September 2019 9	Ararat-Armenia	3 – 1	Pyunik	Yerevan
19:00 (UTC+4)	Mailson 19' Pashov  31' Guz  39' Kobyalko 58' Achenteh  65' Avetisyan 70'	Report	Özbiliz 6'  10' Vardanyan  86'	Stadium: FFA Academy Stadium Attendance: 900 Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan

Ararat-Armenia v Alashkert

5 October 2019 10	Ararat-Armenia	2 – 0	Alashkert	Yerevan
15:00 (UTC+4)	Avetisyan 32' Pashov  45+3' Achenteh  78' Kódjo  85' Mailson 88'	Report	Voskanyan  77' Marmentini  85'	Stadium: FFA Academy Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Suren Baliyan

Gandzasar Kapan v Ararat-Armenia

21 October 2019 11	Gandzasar Kapan	2 – 1	Ararat-Armenia	Yerevan
16:00 (UTC+4)	G.Harutyunyan 9'  75' Wbeymar  44' Ar.Hovhannisyan  45+1' D.Minasyan 89' A.Kocharyan  89'	Report	Antonov  25'  31' Guz 57'	Stadium: Yerevan Football Academy Attendance: 300 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan
Note: Match played at the Yerevan Football Academy in Yerevan, instead of Gandzasar Kapan regular Gandzasar Stadium in Kapan.

Ararat-Armenia v Noah

25 October 2019 12	Ararat-Armenia	3 – 1	Noah	Yerevan
16:00 (UTC+4)	Guz 45' Avetisyan  53' Narsingh 78' Kobyalko 90+3'	Report	Mayrovich 80' Bor  81'	Stadium: FFA Academy Stadium Attendance: 450 Referee: Ashot Ghaltakchyan

Alashkert v Ararat-Armenia

29 October 2019 1	Alashkert	2 – 1	Ararat-Armenia	Yerevan
15:00 (UTC+4)	Glišić  7' 89' N.Tankov 37' Voskanyan  47' Daghbashyan  80'	Report	Sanogo 29' Malakyan  34' Danielyan  68' Kódjo  72'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Artur Safaryan
Note: Match originally scheduled for 4 August 2019.

Ararat-Armenia v Lori

6 November 2019 5	Ararat-Armenia	0 – 0	Lori	Yerevan
16:00 (UTC+4)	Sanogo  8' Ângelo  48' Guz  59'  73'	Report	J.Ufuoma  34'  77' X.Auzmendi  80'	Stadium: FFA Academy Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Gevorg Eghoyan
Note: Match originally scheduled for 30 August 2019.

Ararat-Armenia v Yerevan

10 November 2019 13	Ararat-Armenia	7 – 2	Yerevan	Yerevan
15:00 (UTC+4)	Kódjo 12'  39' Ambartsumyan 25' Kobyalko 26', 56' Narsingh 50' Sanogo 85' Ângelo 90'	Report	Isayev  21' 29' Y.Yevgenyev  39' A.Portugalyan 60' J.Del Portillo  68'	Stadium: FFA Academy Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Artush Kerobyan

Lori v Ararat-Armenia

23 November 2019 14	Lori	2 – 0	Ararat-Armenia	Vanadzor
14:00 (UTC+4)	Zayerko 11' Diakité  34' Alexis  45+2' Luiz Matheus 68'	Report	Kódjo  32' Malakyan  45+2' Avetisyan  56' Sanogo  86'	Stadium: Vanadzor Football Academy Attendance: 165 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

Ararat-Armenia v Urartu

1 December 2019 15	Ararat-Armenia	0 – 0	Urartu	Yerevan
15:00 (UTC+4)	Ambartsumyan  10' Avanesyan  90+1'	Report	Sinyavsky  90+3'	Stadium: FFA Academy Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Suren Baliyan

Ararat Yerevan v Ararat-Armenia

2 March 2020 16	Ararat Yerevan	0 – 3	Ararat-Armenia	Yerevan
14:45 (UTC+4)	James  77'	Report	Otubanjo 7', 17' Ambartsumyan 35'  84'	Stadium: Republican Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: George Vadatchkoria

Ararat-Armenia v Shirak

7 March 2020 17	Ararat-Armenia	1 – 0	Shirak	Yerevan
15:00 (UTC+4)	Vakulenko  28' Ambartsumyan  38' Danielyan  43' Narsingh 71'	Report	Mkoyan  63' M.Kone  79' A.Gevorkyan  88'	Stadium: FFA Academy Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Ashot Ghaltakchyan

Pyunik v Ararat-Armenia

23 May 2020 18	Pyunik	0 – 3	Ararat-Armenia	Yerevan
15:15 (UTC+4)	E.Azizyan  77'	Report	Otubanjo 21' (pen.) Sanogo 23' Sugrobov 30' (o.g.)	Stadium: FFA Academy Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Artur Safaryan
Note: Match played behind closed doors. Match was originally scheduled for 17 March, but postponed on 13 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[13]

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ararat-Armenia	18	11	3	4	33	15	+18	36	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Lori	18	9	5	4	27	19	+8	32
3	Alashkert	18	9	4	5	33	20	+13	31
4	Ararat	18	9	4	5	25	18	+7	31
5	Noah	18	9	3	6	25	19	+6	30
6	Shirak	18	8	4	6	25	18	+7	28
7	Pyunik	18	7	2	9	35	36	−1	23	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	Urartu	18	6	5	7	22	24	−2	23
9	Gandzasar	18	4	6	8	20	25	−5	18
10	Yerevan	18	0	0	18	11	62	−51	0	Withdrawn[27]

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-off (only if deciding champion); 3) Matches won; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head matches won; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Head-to-head away goals scored; 9) Goal difference; 10) Goals scored.^[28]

Championship round

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	4	4	2	12	8	+4	16	2	3	0	7	3	+4	2	1	2	5	5	0

Last updated: 14 July 2020.
Source: See Results

Results

Ararat-Armenia v Shirak

30 May 2020 19	Ararat-Armenia	1 – 1	Shirak	Yerevan
19:15 (UTC+4)	Malakyan  8' Vakulenko 37' Mailson  65' Danielyan  75'	Report	R.Mkrtchyan 8' Miličić  32'	Stadium: FFA Academy Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ararat-Armenia v Lori

3 June 2020 20	Ararat-Armenia	0 – 0	Lori	Yerevan
18:30 (UTC+4)	Kódjo Ângelo  74' Gouffran	Report	A.Yeoule  25'  60' X.Auzmendi  68' M.Manasyan  90+1'	Stadium: FFA Academy Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Alashkert v Ararat-Armenia

8 June 2020 21	Alashkert	1 – 2	Ararat-Armenia	Yerevan
17:30 (UTC+4)	Miljković  57' Glišić 59'	Report	Otubanjo 11' Antonov  56' Mailson 66' (pen.)  79' Abakumov  90+3'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ararat-Armenia v Ararat Yerevan

11 June 2020 22	Ararat-Armenia	4 – 2	Ararat Yerevan	Yerevan
19:30 (UTC+4)	Vakulenko 22' Harutyunyan  39' Mailson 45', 90+4'  68' Otubanjo 51' (pen.)  63' Christian  72' Malakyan  85'	Report	Dedechko 11' Stepanets  41' James  48' Gouffran 56' (o.g.) Spychka  61' Khurtsidze  90+4'	Stadium: FFA Academy Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Artur Safaryan
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Noah v Ararat-Armenia

15 June 2020 23	Noah	1 – 1	Ararat-Armenia	Yerevan
17:30 (UTC+4)	Kovalenko 7'  90+1' Spătaru  52'	Report	Vakulenko 17' Sanogo  34' Malakyan  37'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ashot Ghaltakchyan
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Shirak v Ararat-Armenia

20 June 2020 24	Shirak	1 – 0	Ararat-Armenia	Gyumri
17:30 (UTC+4)	M.Kone 35' Malakyan  72'	Report	Danielyan  40' Kódjo  44' Ambartsumyan  90+3' Kobyalko  90+5' Abakumov  90+7'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Lori v Ararat-Armenia

28 June 2020 25	Lori	2 – 1	Ararat-Armenia	Vanadzor
17:30 (UTC+4)	Alexis  42' Désiré 72' (pen.) A.Yeoule  87' A.Oura  89' M.Manasyan 90+5'	Report	Alexis 14' (o.g.) Damčevski  56'  62'	Stadium: Vanadzor Football Academy Attendance: 0
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ararat-Armenia v Alashkert

2 July 2020 26	Ararat-Armenia	0 – 0	Alashkert	Yerevan
20:00 (UTC+4)	Kódjo  4'  77' A.Khachumyan  80' Malakyan  82' Gouffran  90'	Report	Baranov  16'  90+2' Gome  28' Marmentini  67' V.Hayrapetyan  84'	Stadium: FFA Academy Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ararat Yerevan v Ararat-Armenia

6 July 2020 27	Ararat Yerevan	0 – 1	Ararat-Armenia	Yerevan
20:00 (UTC+4)	Spychka  7' Stepanets  45' James  52' Revyakin  85'	Report	Malakyan  48' Gouffran  49' A.Khachumyan  67' Otubanjo 88' Antonov  90+5'	Stadium: FFA Academy Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ashot Ghaltakchyan
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ararat-Armenia v Noah

14 July 2020 28	Ararat-Armenia	2 – 0	Noah	Yerevan
17:30 (UTC+4)	Narsingh 16' Otubanjo 45' Damčevski  52' A.Khachumyan  57'	Report	Kryuchkov  35' Spătaru  83'	Stadium: FFA Academy Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ararat-Armenia (C)	28	15	7	6	45	23	+22	52	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Noah	28	14	6	8	37	27	+10	48	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a]
3	Alashkert	28	14	5	9	51	31	+20	47	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	Shirak	28	13	7	8	40	30	+10	46
5	Lori	27	10	10	7	35	33	+2	40	[b]
6	Ararat	27	9	6	12	31	36	−5	33

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-off (only if deciding champion); 3) Matches won; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head matches won; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Head-to-head away goals scored; 9) Goal difference; 10) Goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. team qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2019–20 Armenian Cup.
2. Match between Lori and Ararat Yerevan was cancelled on 10 July, with no points being awarded.^[29]

Armenian Cup

Main article: 2019–20 Armenian Cup

West Armenia v Ararat-Armenia

3 November 2019 Second Round	West Armenia	0 – 5	Ararat-Armenia	Dzoraghbyur
14:30 (UTC+4)	G.Dzhigkayev  30' Kharatyan  56'	Report	Louis 9' Avanesyan 38', 89' Harutyunyan 74' Volkov 84' (o.g.)	Stadium: Dzoraghbyur Training Centre Attendance: 60 Referee: Edgar Sahakyan

Sevan v Ararat-Armenia

27 November 2019 Quarterfinal	Sevan	2 – 11	Ararat-Armenia	Dzoraghbyur
14:00 (UTC+4)	H.Loretsyan  42' A.Loretsyan 63' R.Yeghiazaryan  68' M.Sahakyan 72'	Report	Louis 2', 41', 56', 60' Damčevski 9' Avetisyan 17', 23' Ambartsumyan  25' Avanesyan 36', 81', 90+1' Kobyalko 86'	Stadium: Dzoraghbyur Training Centre Attendance: 30 Referee: Edgar Sahakyan

Ararat-Armenia v Gandzasar Kapan

11 March 2020 Semifinal 1st leg	Ararat-Armenia	1 – 0	Gandzasar Kapan	Yerevan
14:30 (UTC+4)	A.Khachumyan  19' Louis 54' Harutyunyan  69' Čupić  90+3'	Report	D.Terteryan  43' A.Adamyan  70'	Stadium: FFA Academy Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan

Gandzasar Kapan v Ararat-Armenia

24 June 2020 Semifinal 2nd leg	Gandzasar Kapan	0 – 2 (0 – 3 agg.)	Ararat-Armenia	Yerevan
19:45 (UTC+4)	An.Kocharyan  64' D.Terteryan  70'  70' Harutyunyan  72' A.Hovhannisyan  77'	Report	Ângelo 30' Christian  51' Abakumov  85' Gouffran 90'	Stadium: FFA Academy Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan
Note: Match to be played at the Yerevan Football Academy in Yerevan, instead of Gandzasar Kapan regular Gandzasar Stadium in Kapan. Match originally scheduled to be played on 22 March, but postponed on 13 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[13]

Final

Noah v Ararat-Armenia

10 July 2020	Noah	5 – 5 (a.e.t.) (7 – 6 p)	Ararat-Armenia	Yerevan
19:00 (UTC+4)	Mayrovich 39', 60' Kryuchkov  49' Azarov 56' (pen.), 115' (pen.) Spătaru 67' Kovalenko  106' V.Movsisyan  113'	Report	Louis 8', 40' A.Tatayev 23' (o.g.) Otubanjo 29', 117' Achenteh  55' Kobyalko  89' Kódjo  90+3' Čupić  122'	Stadium: FFA Academy Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan
	Penalties
	K.Bor Azarov V.Avetisyan Gareginyan S.Dmitriev Kovalenko E.Grigoryan Kryuchkov R.Krusnauskas		A.Nahapetyan Kobyalko Ângelo Malakyan Otubanjo Sanogo Christian Guz Danielyan
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round

Ararat-Armenia v AIK

9 July 2019 First qualifying round 1st leg	Ararat-Armenia	2 – 1	AIK	Yerevan, Armenia
18:00 (UTC+4)	Avetisyan 3' (pen.), 45' Malakyan  28' Antonov  89'	Report	Lundström  2'  13' Obasi 39'	Stadium: Republican Stadium Attendance: 1,497[30] Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)

AIK v Ararat-Armenia

17 July 2019 First qualifying round 2nd leg	AIK	3 – 1 (4 – 3 agg.)	Ararat-Armenia	Stockholm, Sweden
21:00 (UTC+4)	Goitom 46', 52' Larsson 62' (pen.) Adu  66'	Report	Kobyalko 77'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 11,382[30] Referee: Robert Hennessy (Republic of Ireland)

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

Ararat-Armenia v Lincoln Red Imps

23 July 2019 Second qualifying round 1st leg	Ararat-Armenia	2 – 0	Lincoln Red Imps	Yerevan, Armenia
19:00 (UTC+4)	Kobyalko 33' Avetisyan  45+1' Kódjo 45+2' Ambartsumyan  72'	Report	J.Chipolina  27' Borja Gil  45+1' Marcos  49'	Stadium: Republican Stadium Attendance: 1,500[31] Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (Malta)
Note: Ararat-Armenia played their second qualifying round home matches at Republican Stadium, Yerevan, instead of their regular stadium FFA Academy Stadium, Yerevan which did not meet UEFA requirements.

Lincoln Red Imps v Ararat-Armenia

30 July 2019 Second qualifying round 2nd leg	Lincoln Red Imps	1 – 2 (1 – 4 agg.)	Ararat-Armenia	Gibraltar
19:45 (UTC+4)	J.Toscano  40' Hernandez 74' J.Chipolina  78'	Report	Guz  18' Louis 45+1', 58' Pashov  52'	Stadium: Victoria Stadium Attendance: 684[31] Referee: Alexandre Boucaut (Belgium)

Ararat-Armenia v Saburtalo Tbilisi

6 August 2019 Third qualifying round 1st leg	Ararat-Armenia	1 – 2	Saburtalo Tbilisi	Yerevan, Armenia
19:00 (UTC+4)	Kobyalko 31' Achenteh  45+1' Guz  85' Antonov  90+5'	Report	G.Kokhreidze  1' Diasamidze  15' Gabedava  42' Rekhviashvili  50' S.Altunashvili 72' Kenia 76' Kakubava  82' Migineishvili  90+4'	Stadium: Republican Stadium Attendance: 10,500[32] Referee: Alain Bieri (Switzerland)
Note: Ararat-Armenia played their third qualifying round home matches at Republican Stadium, Yerevan, instead of their regular stadium FFA Academy Stadium, Yerevan which did not meet UEFA requirements.

Saburtalo Tbilisi v Ararat-Armenia

14 August 2019 Third qualifying round 2nd leg	Saburtalo Tbilisi	0 – 2 (2 – 3 agg.)	Ararat-Armenia	Tbilisi, Georgia
20:00 (UTC+4)	S.Altunashvili  21' A.Tera  32' Gabedava  56' Migineishvili  65' N.Mali  86' Gorgiashvili  90+1'	Report	Kobyalko 10'  37' Guz  33' Pashov  52' Avetisyan 67' (pen.) Mailson  86'	Stadium: Mikheil Meskhi Stadium Attendance: 14,904[32] Referee: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine)

Ararat-Armenia v Dudelange

22 August 2019 Playoff round 1st leg	Ararat-Armenia	2 – 1	Dudelange	Yerevan, Armenia
19:00 (UTC+4)	Mailson 22' Kódjo  77' Damčevski  84' Antonov 90+3'	Report	Pokar  66' Sinani 68' Natami  74'	Stadium: Republican Stadium Attendance: 11,000[33] Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)
Note: Ararat-Armenia played their third qualifying round home matches at Republican Stadium, Yerevan, instead of their regular stadium FFA Academy Stadium, Yerevan which did not meet UEFA requirements.

Dudelange v Ararat-Armenia

29 August 2019 Playoff round 2nd leg	Dudelange	2 – 1 (a.e.t.) (3 – 3 agg.) (5 – 4 p)	Ararat-Armenia	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
22:00 (UTC+4)	Sinani 48' (pen.), 72'  67' A.Bernier  81' M.Kirch  111'	Report	Malakyan  11' Kobyalko 21' Mailson 24' Guz  36' Ângelo  47' Ambartsumyan  58' Avetisyan  58' Kódjo  61' Sanogo  111'	Stadium: Stade Josy Barthel Attendance: 2,874[33] Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (North Macedonia)
	Penalties
	C.Lavie C.Morren S.Bougrine O.Natami Sinani Schnell		Avetisyan Kódjo Mailson Ângelo Louis Pashov
Note: F91 Dudelange played their home matches at Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, instead of their regular stadium Stade Jos Nosbaum, Dudelange.

Statistics

As of match played 14 July 2020

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Armenian Cup		Armenian Supercup		Champions League		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
3	DF	POR	Ângelo Meneses	36	2	23+1	1	3	1	1	0	2	0	6	0
4	DF	ARM	Albert Khachumyan	13	0	7+3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	ARM	Armen Nahapetyan	12	1	1+7	0	1+2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
8	MF	ARM	Gor Malakyan	28	0	15+4	0	1+1	0	0	0	1	0	4+2	0
9	MF	FRA	Yoan Gouffran	15	1	7+6	0	0+2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	RUS	Armen Ambartsumyan	27	3	11+5	3	4	0	1	0	0+2	0	3+1	0
11	MF	ARM	Hovhannes Harutyunyan	14	1	5+4	0	2+2	1	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	RUS	Dmitry Guz	31	3	15+6	3	1+1	0	1	0	2	0	5	0
17	FW	BFA	Zakaria Sanogo	36	3	14+10	3	2+3	0	1	0	2	0	1+3	0
18	FW	RUS	Artyom Avanesyan	7	5	5	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF	MAR	Rochdi Achenteh	25	0	13+1	0	2+1	0	0	0	1+1	0	6	0
21	DF	MKD	Aleksandar Damčevski	15	1	7+3	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
22	DF	ARM	Artur Danielyan	23	1	15+3	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	0+1	0
24	FW	NGA	Yusuf Otubanjo	16	9	13	7	2+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	NED	Furdjel Narsingh	31	4	18+2	4	3	0	0	0	2	0	6	0
32	FW	RUS	Anton Kobyalko	34	9	9+13	4	1+3	1	1	0	2	1	5	3
33	GK	RUS	Dmitry Abakumov	29	0	22	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	3	0
44	GK	SRB	Stefan Čupić	13	0	6	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
63	MF	CIV	Kódjo	33	2	22	1	2	0	0+1	0	2	0	6	1
67	MF	EST	Ilja Antonov	29	1	8+10	0	2+1	0	1	0	1+1	0	1+4	1
79	MF	UKR	Serhiy Vakulenko	12	3	10	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
93	DF	HAI	Alex Christian	26	0	16+3	0	3+1	0	1	0	1	0	0+1	0
94	MF	CPV	Mailson Lima	37	11	20+6	8	3+1	0	0+1	1	0+1	0	5	2
99	FW	NGA	Ogana Louis	31	13	9+11	3	4	8	0+1	0	0+1	0	1+4	2
Players away on loan:
Players who left Ararat-Armenia during the season:
6	DF	BUL	Georgi Pashov	16	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	6	0
77	MF	ARM	Petros Avetisyan	23	8	10+3	3	1	2	1	0	2	2	4+2	1

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Armenian Cup	Armenian Supercup	Champions League	Europa League	Total
1	FW		99	Ogana Louis	3	8	0	0	2	13
2	MF		94	Mailson Lima	8	0	1	0	2	11
3	FW		24	Yusuf Otubanjo	7	2	0	0	0	9
FW		32	Anton Kobyalko	4	1	0	1	3	9
5	MF		77	Petros Avetisyan	3	2	0	2	1	8
6	FW		18	Artyom Avanesyan	0	5	0	0	0	5
7	MF		27	Furdjel Narsingh	4	0	0	0	0	4
			Own goal	2	2	0	0	0	4
9	MF		79	Serhiy Vakulenko	3	0	0	0	0	3
DF		15	Dmitry Guz	3	0	0	0	0	3
MF		10	Armen Ambartsumyan	3	0	0	0	0	3
FW		17	Zakaria Sanogo	3	0	0	0	0	3
13	DF		3	Ângelo Meneses	1	1	0	0	0	2
MF		63	Kódjo	1	0	0	0	1	2
15	MF		11	Hovhannes Harutyunyan	0	1	0	0	0	1
DF		21	Aleksandar Damčevski	0	1	0	0	0	1
MF		9	Yoan Gouffran	0	1	0	0	0	1
MF		7	Armen Nahapetyan	0	0	1	0	0	1
DF		22	Artur Danielyan	0	0	1	0	0	1
MF		67	Ilja Antonov	0	0	0	0	1	1
				TOTALS	45	24	3	3	10	85

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Armenian Cup	Armenian Supercup	Champions League	Europa League	Total
1	GK		33	Dmitry Abakumov	10	2	0	0	1	13
2	GK		44	Stefan Čupić	1	1	0	0	1	3
				TOTALS	11	3	0	0	2	16

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Armenian Cup		Armenian Supercup		Champions League		Europa League		Total
3		DF	Ângelo Meneses	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
4		DF	Albert Khachumyan	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
8		MF	Gor Malakyan	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	9	0
9		MF	Yoan Gouffran	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
10		MF	Armen Ambartsumyan	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	0
11		MF	Hovhannes Harutyunyan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
15		DF	Dmitry Guz	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	8	1
17		FW	Zakaria Sanogo	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
20		DF	Rochdi Achenteh	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
21		DF	Aleksandar Damčevski	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1
22		DF	Artur Danielyan	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
24		FW	Yusuf Otubanjo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
32		FW	Anton Kobyalko	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
33		GK	Dmitry Abakumov	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
44		GK	Stefan Čupić	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
63		MF	Kódjo	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	10	2
67		MF	Ilja Antonov	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	6	1
79		MF	Serhiy Vakulenko	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
93		DF	Alex Christian	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
94		MF	Mailson Lima	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Players who left Ararat-Armenia during the season:
6		DF	Georgi Pashov	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0
77		MF	Petros Avetisyan	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
			TOTALS	67	4	9	1	1	0	2	0	20	0	99	5